A new church is coming to Hillsdale.

Services at non-denominational Life Changing Church will begin Nov. 2, Pastor Brock Rohrer said. The church has locations in Edgerton, Ohio, and Angola, Indiana, according to its website.

 Rohrer will serve as the church’s Hillsdale campus pastor. The exact location of the church in Hillsdale is yet to be announced. The church will be open to people of all ages and walks of life.

“When our lead pastor planted the first church back 20 years ago, his goal was to serve people who would never go into a regular church. The goal was to make it a church that anybody could come into and feel welcome,” Rohrer said. “Our main thing is we want to serve seekers and build believers. We’re a church that’s raw, real, and loves you where you are. Anybody is welcome through our doors, and we’re gonna love them.”

Rohrer said the church aims to turn people toward Jesus.

“We really want to make sure people are biblically engaged and make sure that they are relationally accountable,” Rohrer said. “We weren’t created to do life on our own, so we really want people plugged into the church community.”

When people walk into Life Changing Church, Rohrer said, they can expect to receive old-school hospitality treatment.

“We have people in the parking lot helping people find parking spots,” Rohrer said. “We have people at the doors and we have people serving doughnuts and coffee and we have people helping you find a seat in the auditorium.” 

The staff and volunteers at Life Changing Church strive to make everyone who walks in the door feel like they are expected, Rohrer said.

“We want it to be as comfortable a place as possible, so that people will hear God’s voice,” he said. “We want to eliminate distractions and we really want people to come in and feel like it’s kind of like a family.”

Senior Elizabeth Sible said she looks for biblically-sound preaching within a church.

“The main thing is biblical leadership and preaching and then pouring into their congregation so that the congregation pours out to the community,” Sible said.

Attendees will hear biblically-based sermons every Sunday morning at Life Changing Church, Rohrer said.

“There are times where we will focus on a whole book of the Bible. A lot of times, it’s topically based, so we want to talk about sin issues or struggles,” Rohrer said. “The Bible is our blueprint that we’re using to guide us through those things.” 

College Chaplain Rev. Adam Rick described how students can discern a biblical church.

“A biblical church is one where the Bible takes center stage, in the preaching, teaching, and culture of formation,” he said.

Rohrer said having biblically-relevant sermons is important.

“I want to be able to speak to people practically,” Rohrer said. “A lot of people think that the Word of God is outdated and it’s old and it’s antiquated. I think it’s very relevant for us today. So we try to keep the sermon pretty relevant and super biblically based.”

Rohrer said another church in Hillsdale is a good thing.

“Every community could use more God-centered churches,” Rohrer said. “We literally want to join hands with other organizations in this community, and move the gospel forward. Church planting as a whole is so beneficial and so beautiful when it’s done right. We’re trying really hard to make sure that we’re doing it right.”